THREE SET TO BE INDUCTED INTO VCU ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

RICHMOND, Va. – The VCU Athletic Department is proud to
recognize a trio that have been instrumental in the rise of the
Black & Gold’s national profile over the past 25 years
with the announcement of the VCU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of
2010.

Men’s tennis standout Daniel Andersson,
field hockey star Marni Voorhees and team
physician Dr. Thomas P. Loughran will all be
inducted on Saturday at a brunch prior to the basketball
doubleheader at the Siegel Center at 2 p.m.

Here’s a profile on each one of the inductees:

DANIEL ANDERSSON (MEN’S TENNIS -
1996-2000)

Daniel Andersson’s body of work is undeniable. A native of
Stockholm, Sweden, Andersson starred for the VCU Men’s Tennis
team from 1996-2000. Along the way, he shattered records and
accumulated enough accolades to fill an oil tanker.

Andersson’s crowning achievement came as a senior in 2000,
when he won 45 of 53 singles matches and became the first Ram to
earn the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s No. 1 ranking.
Andersson’s efforts spearheaded VCU’s run to the NCAA
Championship match against Stanford.

A two-time ITA All-American (1998, 2000), Andersson became the
first VCU player to capture a national championship when he won the
1999 T. Rowe Price National Clay Court title. Andersson followed
that with an ITA National Indoor Championship in 2000.

During the course of his career, Andersson won a VCU-record 144
singles matches, not to mention his 64 victories on the doubles
court. His 46 singles wins in 1997-98 are also a school record for
a single season.

He was named the ITA’s Senior Player of the Year in 2000,
as well as Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year in 1998
and 2000, CAA Rookie of the Year in 1997 and CAA Tournament Most
Outstanding Performer from 1998-2000. Additionally, he collected
All-CAA First Team citations in both singles and doubles all four
years. He was no slouch in the classroom either, collecting GTE
Academic All-America honors in 1998 and 1999.

Andersson was a four-time qualifier for the NCAA Singles
Tournament and reached the semifinals in 1998. Andersson finished
the 2000 season with a No. 3 national ranking and was ranked in the
top 25 in both 1998 and 1999.

In 2010, Andersson was named one of the CAA’s Silver
Stars, a group of the 25 most influential student-athletes in the
league’s history, joining a list that included NBA players
Eric Maynor, Johnny Newman and David Robinson, Major League
Baseball stars Justin Verlander and Sean Casey and Olympian Diane
Guthrie-Gresham.

MARNI VOORHEES (FIELD HOCKEY - 1988-91)
High-scoring forward Marni Voorhees was one of the driving forces
behind one of the more successful four-year runs in VCU Field
Hockey history from 1988-91. With Voorhees running the offense, VCU
piled up 44 victories, including a 13-7-1 mark in 1990.

A deadly corner striker, Voorhees was a First Team All-South
Atlantic Conference selection during that outstanding 1990 season,
when she scored a team-high 12 goals. She also garnered an
All-Region award in the process. The Virginia Beach, Va. native
scored a game-tying goal in the Rams’ 3-1 upset of
11th-ranked Duke, recorded both goals in VCU’s 2-2
tie with Ohio State and added a hat trick against Louisville.

In 1991, Voorhees led the Rams with eight goals and was named
First Team All-CAA, as well as Second Team All-Region, for her
efforts. Voorhees was also selected to participate in the Division
I All-Star Game in Philadelphia, Pa. She later received the Black
and Gold Senior Award at the 1992 VCU Senior Awards Banquet.

Voorhees graduated as the No. 2 scorer in school history with 31
goals and 73 points. She is currently fourth in both categories.
Her 28 points in 1990 rank seventh in school single-season
history.

“Marni was the epitome of a student-athlete,” said
former VCU Field Hockey Coach Pat Stauffer. “She always put
the team first.”

DR. THOMAS LOUGHRAN (TEAM PHYSICIAN)

There aren’t many people who have done more to keep the
Rams healthy and on the field of play than Dr. Thomas P. Loughran.
For more than 25 years, Dr. Loughran has served as the physician
for VCU Athletic squads.

Dr. Loughran currently serves as the medical director of
VCU’s Sports Medicine Clinic. He has also served as
VCU’s orthopaedic consultant for the Society of Sports
Therapy/United Kingdom. For four years, he was nominated for the
MCV Hospitals’ Clinical Physician of the Year, and five times
he was named a Richmond “Top Doc” in Sports
Medicine.

In addition to his duties at VCU, Dr. Loughran has worked as the
orthopaedic surgeon and consultant for a number of local athletic
groups, including Virginia Union University, the Richmond Braves
and Flying Squirrels and a number of local high schools.

Dr. Loughran has also made an impression abroad. He served as a
physician for the 1994 Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia and
has conducted lectures on sports medicine in a number of countries,
including Russia, Ireland and Great Britain.